The UW freshman record-holder in the steeplechase outdoors, and the 3000m indoors ... the No. 4 returning steepler in the Pac-10 Conference in 2004 ... coming off an All-Pac-10 and All-West Region fall cross country season. 2004 (Cross Country): Led UW to eighth-straight NCAA Championships, the sixth-longest active streak in the nation ... finished first or second for UW at five of six meets in 2004 ... was the team's No. 2 runner at nationals, placing 124th to lead UW to 23rd overall ... earned All-Pac-10 honors with a team-best seventh-place finish at the Pac-10 meet, marking UW's 11th-straight year with a top-10 conference finisher ... named All-West Region after a 17th-place finish at the NCAA Regional, second on the team ... led all Huskies in 45th at the Pre-National Meet, and was the No. 2 UW finisher at the Willamette Invite. 2003-04: Was one of three freshmen atop the Pac-10's steeple rankings during the regular season ... earned Pac-10 and NCAA Regional qualifying marks in the steeple and 5000m ... earned two top-10 finishes in her Pac-10 meet debut, placing fifth in the steeple and 10th in the 5K ... ran the third-fastest steeple in UW history at the NCAA Regional, crossing the line in 10:37.27, well below the UW freshman record ... just missed another frosh record with a 5000m best of 16:41.19 at Stanford ... 5000m PR led all Huskies in 2004 ... one of four freshmen to run in UW's top-seven at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... ran fourth on the squad at the national meet, sparking a 19th-place team finish ... placed 26th at the NCAA Regional, in a 6K cross country best of 21:12 ... also placed 26th at the Pac-10 meet, third-best on the squad ... ran fourth for UW, and 11th overall, in collegiate debut at the Emerald City Invite ... also ran at the Sundodger and Notre Dame Invites, and was the 13th overall finisher in the open race at the Pre-National Meet.

High School and Personal: Born Jan. 9, 1985 ... parents are Carolyn and Ralph ... has an older brother, Drew ... was undefeated at 800m, 1600m and 3200m during the 2003 regular season ... earned cross country All-America honors in 2002 with a seventh-place finish at the USATF Junior Nationals ... was also seventh at the 2003 CIF state cross country meet, in 18:25 ... earned district cross country MVP honors in 2002, and league MVP honors for track and cross country as a senior ... led track and cross country squads to league titles both years ... undefeated in cross country league competition her senior year ... qualified for the state track meet at 3200m in 2002, and made her first trip to the state cross country meet in 2000 ... swept league 800m and 1600m titles as a freshman ... never placed lower than second at the Central California Conference cross country meet ... owns two national age-group titles in the triathlon ... never placed below third in eight years at the Ironkids national triathlon finals ... also participated three years in basketball.